Ramazanov Award Foundation

Ramazanov Foundation Science Award Given to Jade Beutler, New Board Members Announced

West Palm Beach, FL, (October 14, 2008) -- The tragic death of prominent industry scientist Dr. Zakir Ramazanov became the catalyst for raising the bar on integrity within the dietary supplement industry.

2008-11-04. The Ramazanov Award Foundation bestowed its first award on Jade D. Beutler during Supply Side International Trade Show & Conference in Las Vegas, NV, on October 24th. The Foundation also announced the addition of three noted industry veterans to its board of directors.

The purpose of the Foundation, named for the late industry scientist Dr. Zakir Ramazanov, is to recognize scientists and professionals working in the area of nutrition whose dedication has contributed to significant evidence-based improvement in people’s health and wellbeing.

“The board of directors took the choice of the first award recipient very seriously because it sets the tone and the direction of the foundation,” Foundation President Leonid Ber, M.D. said during the award ceremony. “It is symbolic that we are presenting the first Ramazanov Award during Supply Side. While there is plenty of good quality science being presented and developed on the Supply Side of the industry, not always does it gets translated into quality consumer products. Jade Beutler deserves to be the first Ramazanov Award recipient because he is an example of how such “translation” can be done in an ethical way without sacrificing integrity and bending science for the sake of profit.”

Jade Beutler is the CEO of Lignan Research L.L.C., a company specializing in research, development, and manufacture of novel, lignan based phytochemicals, Jade also serves as CEO of Barleans Oils. He is a licensed health care practitioner by trade and has applied his scientific background and discipline in the conception, research and development of scientifically validated nutritional supplements. Many of these products are best sellers in their respective categories, proving that nutritional products steeped in science can be a recipe for success. Jade is also an author and authority in the area of essential fatty acids with the outcome of educating consumers to the benefits of nutrition in an easy to understand and entertaining way.

The First Ramazanov Foundation Award recipient joins the board, which currently includes Leonid Ber MD, Larry Switzer, Steve Sikorski PhD, Richard Brown MD and Miguel Jimenez PhD.

Other new additions to the board announced at the awards ceremony include:

Mark Blumenthal: Mark is the founder and executive director of the American Botanical Council (ABC), the editor/publisher of HerbalGram, and the senior editor of three of ABC’s books. He represents ABC in the media, to stakeholders, and at conventions, conferences, and other appearances. He has guided ABC strategically since its founding, and is widely viewed as one of the most effective botanical advocates and educators for several decades.

Anthony L. Almada, MSc: Anthony’s industry experience is notable, from working in natural products retail stores in the late 70s-early 80’s, to his stint creating products for Metagenics in the 1980’s, to creating the first “thermogenic” product in 1993 for KAL, to his co-founding EAS in 1993. Other experience includes founder, President and Chief Science Officer of IMAGINutrition and MetaResponse Sciences; Co-founder, president and CEO of GENr8. His reputation for holding industry to high scientific standards is legendary.

Wendy Wang PhD: Wendy, president of Advanced Botanical Consulting & Testing, has been involved in nutritional supplements testing since 1994. Previous positions include Lab Tech director at Frontier Natural Products Co-Op and Botanical Technical Support Director for Leiner. She is much published, including as a contributing author to several American Herbal Pharmacopoeia monographs, a chapter on botanical method development and validation published by the American Chemical Society, and is a Journal Advisory Board member of the peer reviewed journal Current Topics in Nutraceutical Research.

The Foundation, currently sponsored by P.L. Thomas & Co, and Polifenoles Naturales, S.L. , is also accepting tax deductible donations from companies wishing to support science excellence.

The Ramazanov Award Foundation, a non-profit 501(c) (3) organization established in 2007, was started by a group of the late Dr. Zakir Ramazanov’s close friends and colleagues to celebrate and further the high standards in research of the foundation’s namesake. The purpose of this foundation is to continue Dr. Ramazanov’s mission by encouraging professionals whose ethical and dedicated effort has contributed to improvement of the dietary supplement industry by applying unbiased scientific methodology to nutritional products, thus merging rigorous science with product innovation.

RAMAZANOV AWARD TO HIGHLIGHT BEST INDUSTRY SCIENCE

The Ramazanov Award Foundation, a non-profit 501(c) (3) organization established in 2007, was started by a group of Dr. Ramazanov’s close friends and colleagues to celebrate and further the high standards in research of the foundation’s namesake. The purpose of this foundation is to continue Dr. Ramazanov’s mission by encouraging professionals whose ethical and dedicated effort has contributed to improvement of the dietary supplement industry by applying unbiased scientific methodology to nutritional products, thus merging rigorous science with product innovation.

The purpose of the foundation is to reward scientists and professionals working in the area of nutrition whose dedication has contributed to significant evidence-based improvement in the health and wellbeing of people.

The first annual award in honor of Dr. Ramazanov will be presented during Supply Side International Trade Show & Conference in Las Vegas, NV, 3:30 to 4pm on Friday October 24th in VendorWorks room # 10056 on the trade show floor.

Dr. Zakir Ramazanov believed in the power of an individual to change the negative perception of the nutrition industry that is too often based on a poor science or “second hand” science. His achievements and contributions include advances in lycopene extraction technology, extraction and standardization of antioxidants from fruits and vegetables, cultivation of Spirulina; the introduction of Siberian Rhodiola rosea, pomegranate extract, and algae-derived carotenoid fucoxanthin to the North American marketplace.

Foundation President Leonid Ber, M.D. said “We are excited to present our first award and hope it will set the tone for raising ethical and scientific bar within our industry. We encouraged by the support expressed by the industry members and the fact that the idea behind the Foundation resonated with many prominent industry individuals whose addition to the board will be announced at the ceremony in Las Vegas.”

RAMAZANOV AWARD FOUNDATION EXTENDS NOMINATION DEADLINE

West Palm Beach, FL (PRWEB) April 24, 2008 -- The Ramazanov Award Foundation (RAF), a non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization, is dedicated to improving credibility of the US Dietary Supplement Industry. Today RAF announced that it extended the nomination deadline for 2008 Ramazanov Award through September 30, 2008.

RAF was founded shortly after the tragic death of a prominent industry leader and visionary, Dr. Zakir Ramazanov. His achievements and contributions include advances in lycopene extraction technology, extraction and standardization of antioxidants from fruits and vegetables, cultivation of Spirulina; and also the introduction of Siberian Rhodiola rosea, pomegranate extract, and algae-derived carotenoid fucoxanthin to the North American marketplace.

Unlike other awards in the Dietary Supplement Industry, the Ramazanov Award is not presented for a particular product or innovation. Instead, the Award and the monetary prize are given to industry professionals in recognition of their exemplary demonstration of ethical behavior and unbiased scientific integrity as determined by their peers.

Lawrence Switzer, who is on the Board of Directors of the Foundation, explains the decision to extend the call for nomination period: "Board of Directors is pleased with the quality of candidates we've considered so far, but in order to get a broader spectrum of nominees we would like to include industry players that are more intimately connected with well-researched products that have shown strong efficacy and gotten a strong market response. These are the kind of stellar innovators we want to acknowledge and, hopefully, encourage! So we decided to extend the nomination period until later in the year in order to do this."

NEW AWARD TURNS TRAGEDY INTO GREATER INDUSTRY INTEGRITY

THE RAMAZANOV AWARD FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES A CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR THE FIRST RAMAZANOV AWARD FOR 2008.

West Palm Beach, FL, December 21, 2007. The Ramazanov Award Foundation (RAF), a non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization, is dedicated to improving credibility of the US Dietary Supplement Industry. Today, the RAF invites nominations for 2008 Ramazanov Award, to be awarded in April 28-30 at SupplySide East International Tradeshow and Conference. The final deadline for nominations is February 22, 2008.

The President of the Foundation, Leonid Ber, MD states:” The ultimate goal of the Foundation is to develop a network of industry professionals that demonstrate that the rigorous practice of scientific integrity can and should be an essential part of success in the natural product marketplace. We dedicate this initiative to be in the service of a larger and growing movement among industry stakeholders who are rightfully concerned about the industry credibility as a whole and who are determined to protect it and expand it.”

Detailed nomination instructions are available on the Foundation website.